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1. What is Gating?
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Federal Communications Commission
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Middle frequency sound speaker

2. What is ultrasonic?
Muting sounds above peak
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Above 20kHz
Middle frequency sound speaker

3. What is Destructive Recording?
Federal Communications Commission
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Recording that overwrites the previous recording

4. What is Expansion?
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Decibels (dB).

5. What is frequency?
Business
Decibels (dB).
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Cycles per second

6. What is Recording?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Recording that overwrites the previous recording

7. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
In order to get a new perspective on the project

8. What is Limiting?
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Muting sounds above peak

9. What is our hearing range?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble

10. What is Hertz (Hz)?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Cycles per second

11. What is Recording?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations

12. What is Amplitude?
From the peak to the trough
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.

13. What is Compression?
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired

14. What is a Woofer?
Low frequency sound speaker
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
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Above 20kHz

15. What is Editing?
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

16. When a two speakers are housed in the same box - what is the arrangement?
Federal Communications Commission
Low frequency sound speaker
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom

17. What is Limiting?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Muting sounds above peak

18. What is Hertz (Hz)?
Low frequency sound speaker
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Cycles per second
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

19. What is Mastering?
Making the sounds more usable.
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

20. What is sound measured in?
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Decibels (dB).

21. What is Sonic Panorama?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Between 20Hz and 20kHz

22. What is Routing?
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Below 20Hz
Making the sounds more usable.
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

23. What is Expansion?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Sending the sound where you want it to go
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume

24. What is Destructive Recording?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Muting sounds above peak
Below 20Hz

25. What is Sonic Panorama?
Federal Communications Commission
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume

26. What are Plosives?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
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27. What is a Cycle
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up

28. What is frequency?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

29. C of O's Station ID
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Making the sounds more usable.
Below 20Hz
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.

30. What are Plosives?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Below 20Hz
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

31. What is Sibilance?
From the peak to the trough
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Federal Communications Commission
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

32. What is Routing?
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Sending the sound where you want it to go
S sounds - sounds that hiss

33. What does FCC stand for
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
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Federal Communications Commission

34. What does a Sound Wave look like?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
In order to get a new perspective on the project
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Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough

35. What is the FCC and what does it do for radio stations.
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Low frequency sound speaker
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations

36. What is a transducer?
Cycles per second
Federal Communications Commission
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.

37. What is Mixing?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Muting sounds above peak
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble

38. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Federal Communications Commission
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

39. A radio station is first and foremost a ________
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Business
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.

40. What are the Three Basic Functions of a Console?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Business
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

41. A radio station is first and foremost a ________
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Business

42. What is Nondestructive Recording?
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Federal Communications Commission
Cycles per second
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact

43. What is Mixing?
Decibels (dB).
Above 20kHz
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Low frequency sound speaker

44. What are the levels of tones
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble

45. What are the four processes involved in digital recording?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
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S sounds - sounds that hiss

46. What is a Shock Mount for?
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques

47. What is Mixing?
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Muting sounds above peak
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling

48. What are the four processes involved in digital recording?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Muting sounds above peak
Business

49. When a two speakers are housed in the same box - what is the arrangement?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Middle frequency sound speaker
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom

50. What are the four dynamic processes?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Low frequency sound speaker

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